Congress questions PM-Kisan tranche timing

The Congress social gathering has raised considerations over the timing of the discharge of the fifteenth instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme, simply two days forward of essential state elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Under the PM-Kisan scheme, initiated by the federal government to offer direct earnings help to farmers throughout the nation, eligible farmers obtain Rs. 6,000 yearly in three equal instalments.

“The 15th instalment under PM-Kisan is coming today i.e. on November 15, 2023. Now when elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in two days, in Rajasthan in 10 days and in Telangana in 15 days, the 15th instalment is being released today,” Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated in a submit on X.

“Is this delay not intentional?” Ramesh requested.